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tomentum

tomentum noun: a mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.

Noun

tomentum (plural tomenta)

  1. A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.
  2. A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.
  3. A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.

Forms of tomentum

pluraltomenta

Words formed from tomentum

Words that rhyme with tomentum

Questions about tomentum

What does tomentum mean?
Tomentum means a mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.
What part of speech is tomentum?
Tomentum is a noun.
What is the plural of tomentum?
The plural of tomentum is tomenta.

Words near tomentum in the dictionary

  1. tomentodiplacones
  2. tomentose
  3. Tomentosus root rot
  4. tomentous
  5. tomentulose
  6. tomentum
  7. Tomeo
  8. Tomeos
  9. Tomer
  10. Tomerlin
  11. Tomerlins

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